scotch question

[bluecoconuts]

I've been buried in papers the past week, and I have to submit my research proposal next Friday so I haven't restocked my whiskey yet. As soon as I submit that proposal I'm heading to the city centre to my favourite shop to load up and then I'm going to forget what my name is.

 

[OldSchool]

Can never find Blantons in my market…have many friends that recommended it

As an everyday bottle, JW Black has been very enjoyable.

Been on a bib n tucker run lately. And yes blanton is impossible to find these days

 

[IE Rams]

I'm up to 75 bottles
I have a problem.

?? Does not compute

 

[IE Rams]

OK, I'll play along and share my underwhelming scotch collection:

Glenfiddich special reserve
The Glenlivet 12 double oak
Oban 14

Islay and Jura:
Lagavulin 16
Ardbeg 10
Finlaggan
Jura 10

Blends:
Johnnie Red
Johnnie Black
Johnnie Double Black

Scotch types (my classification of whiskies distilled in the scotch manner, only not in Scotland):
Suntory Toki (Japan)
Starward Two Fold (Australia)
Two Tigers (India)


The rest, bourbon and other American whiskies

 

[IE Rams]

As an everyday bottle, JW Black has been very enenjoyable.

If you like Johnnie Black, give the Double Black a shot. Same good quality, just smokier. I really like it.

 

[IE Rams]

Doh! Forgot one (and my wife gave it to me for our anniversary last year )

File under Scotch types:
Kavalan (Taiwan)

 

[IE Rams]

Been on a bib n tucker run lately. And yes blanton is impossible to find these days

Never heard of Bib n Tucker before, so I looked them up. The flavor profile of their small batch bourbon looks delicious. Thanksgiving, Christmas, Bowl Games are all coming up. Gotta be prepared.

 

[ScotsRam]

Doh! Forgot one (and my wife gave it to me for our anniversary last year )

File under Scotch types:
Kavalan (Taiwan)

Love all their stuff. Because it's so hot in Taiwan their aging process is much, much quicker. Like a ten year old Kavalan is the equivalent of a 30 year old scotch.

 

[ScotsRam]

Talisker 18 tonight fellas. This is the shit. It's THE SHIT.

 

[FaulkSF]

Talisker 18 tonight fellas. This is the shit. It's THE SHIT.

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Not available in the States. We have the 10 or the 30. Or the Storm.

 

[ScotsRam]

Not available in the States. We have the 10 or the 30. Or the Storm.

That's devastating news.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

Talisker 18 tonight fellas. This is the shit. It's THE SHIT.

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I like Talisker, ( I’ve only had the 10) but it’s not my favorite. It supposedly goes great with Seafood. I don’t drink whiskey while I’m eating though. Before or after for me.

 

[IE Rams]

Love all their stuff. Because it's so hot in Taiwan their aging process is much, much quicker. Like a ten year old Kavalan is the equivalent of a 30 year old scotch.

Yeah, I have the Classic—their original recipe. I normally don’t like fruity notes, but it works with this one. Beautiful bottle too.

 

[VeteranRamFan]

I'm up to 75 bottles in my collection. Recent additions are:

-another bottle of Talisker 18 (seriously - greatest whisky on the planet),

-Arran Machrie Moor (peated Arran, its normally unpeated. Very tasty).

- independent bottling of Longmorn distilled in 2003 and bottled in 2019

- independent bottling of Tobermory which is 21 years old and was bottled exclusively for a whisky shop in Berlin

I have a problem.

No, you don't have a problem. You have a passion! And you are educating and inspiring me to expand my pallet!

 

[rdw]

My current streamlined lineup:

Aberlour A'bunadh
Ardbeg Uigeadail
Balvenie TUN 1509 (It was a Christmas gift from my boss... WOW)
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10
Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14
Highland Park Cask Strength No.2

 

[TK42-RAM]

This Glenmorangie 10 is growing on me … not bad.

I am having a glass while watching the 40min highlights of the Rams v Texans game at the moment.

I am celebrating the SB win by going through every game this season. Game 8 is underway.

Go Rams!

 

[ScotsRam]

My current streamlined lineup:

Aberlour A'bunadh
Ardbeg Uigeadail
Balvenie TUN 1509 (It was a Christmas gift from my boss... WOW)
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10
Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14
Highland Park Cask Strength No.2

Tun 1509? Your boss is a generous man or woman. That's a 350 dollar whisky in the UK.

 

[ScotsRam]

My favourite - Talisker 18 - has gone up in price from £80 to £250. Seriously, the bastards. I bought 3 extra bottles while it was still cheap... now I don't know whether to drink them or sell them for instant profit.

(I do know. Imma drink that shit. Slainte)

 

[IE Rams]

Good choice. You're a wise man, brudda.

 

[FaulkSF]

My current streamlined lineup:

Aberlour A'bunadh
Ardbeg Uigeadail
Balvenie TUN 1509 (It was a Christmas gift from my boss... WOW)
Bruichladdich Port Charlotte 10
Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban 14
Highland Park Cask Strength No.2

Sweet collection. I assume the Ardbeg is an acquired taste. I believe I had the 10 year and it was peaty, earthy and tasted like it was filtered through a coal mine.